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Danaus eresimus (Tropical Queen)

Synonyms: Papilio eresimus

Wikipedia Abstract

The soldier or tropical queen, Danaus eresimus, is a North American, Caribbean, and South American butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. Their flight is slow and they are reasonably easy to approach, but will fly for some distance if approached too closely.
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Infraspecies

Danaus eresimus ares
Danaus eresimus asclepidea
Danaus eresimus dilucida
Danaus eresimus eresimus
Danaus eresimus erginus
Danaus eresimus estevana
Danaus eresimus icensis
Danaus eresimus montezuma
Danaus eresimus plexaure
Danaus eresimus tethys

Prey / Diet

Araujia odorata (latexplant)[1]
Asclepias curassavica (bloodflower)[1]
Calotropis procera (roostertree)[1]
Cynanchum racemosum (talayote)[1]
Senegalia berlandieri (berlandier acacia)[1]

Consumers

Pollinator of 
Stachytarpheta jamaicensis (light-blue snakeweed)[1]

External References

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0